Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1887-11-22
ALDERn1ANIO BUs1NEsS

Transacted at the Special Meeting eff
the Board Held Last EVenfng-The
Ordinance Fixing the Salaries of the
Members of the Board OF Compensa-
tiOn AdOPted-The Recommendation
of the Finance Committee Concern.
ing the Disposal of the Proceeds of
the Sale of the Derby is Passed.
There was slim attendance of members
at the adjourned meeting of the board of al
dermen held last evening. At the regular
meeting of the board held week ago con-
siderable unfinished business had to lay on
the table, and the meeting of last evening
was held to dispose of it. S.5..-.
The Recommendation of the committee on
ordinances on an ordinance deremoving sur
plus earth from streets was adopted. This
.ordinadeg is intended to remedy such diff
lleulties as was encountered in the case of
State Attorney Doolittle and City Engineer
Hill
The proposed ordinance de salary of mem
| bers of board of compensation recommended
/ by the ordinance committee, which caused an
animated discussion, was passed by the alder
men without dissenting voice. Following
| is the ordinance as passed:
Section 1. The salary and compensation of
| each member of the board of compensation
i of the city of New Haven shall be $500 per
| annum.
Section 9. Said board of compensation
| shall have power to appoint from its mem
bers or otherwise clerk of said board, who
| shall receive for his services as such the
| sum of 5000 per annum.
The following orders were passedDe trans
fers of the police department, sidewalk on
/ the east side of Norton street between Chapel
/ street and Derby avenue, cobble cutters on
| all hardened streets, top dressing of Cedar
| street, sidewalk on both sides of Dwight
| street between Oak and George streets, con-
| tinuation of Blatchley avenue from Clay
de sidewalk on Elm Street, transfers of the
4 board of public works, bill of Smith & Co..
| concrete sidewalk on the north side of Charles
| street between Winter street and Dixwell
| avenue, crosswalk on corner of Morris
l and ROsette streets, erosswalk on Stevens
street between Sylvan and Davenport avenues,
crosswalk on the corner of Shelton avenue
1 and Argyle street, crosswalk on Ann street
1 between Kossuth and West streets, curb and
| sidewalk on Mill River street, sidewalk on
| the north side of Admiral street, naptha lamp
/ on the corner of Pine and Monroe streets
| top dressing of Ed street, extension of Tyler
street, change of naptha to gas corner OF
| Mansfield and Compton streets, lamp on cor
ner of Bassett and Goodyear streets, change
of naptha to gas on Dewitt street, two lamps
1 on Adeline street, crosswalk on east side OF
I Morris street crossing Lamberton street, cross
| walk corner of Shelton avenue and Argyle
l street. electric lamp corner of Dixweu and
| Shelton avenues, gas lamp on Trumbul
l street between Orange and State streets
| electric light corner of Grove street and Hill
house avenue, electric lights corner of Yer
1 non street and Davenport avenue, corner Of
East and Beach streets, corner of Oak an6
Orchard streets.
4 IL
1 port of the board of finance on the invest
ment of proceeds of the city interest in New
Haven and Derby railroad was taken from
4 the table and unanimously passed. It au'
| thorizes and directs the city treasurer to in
vest 100000 of the $275, 900 in boulevard
sewerage bonds of the city of New Haven
and that the remainder of the fund be safely
| invested by the treasurer in such securities as
shall be approved by the Mayor and auditor
| of said city
The following petitions were referred te
/ their proper committees: OF j. B. Wheat fol
l compensation for land taken for the Layout
1 of Ellsworth avenue, of Albert Jones ct al
street, for an electric light at tht
junction of Temple street and Whitney
I avenue, of Charles B. Bristol ct al for ar
/ electric light on the corner of Greene an6
Franklin streets, of Fl. w. Crawford for ar
/ electric light on the corner Pearl and Pier
| pont streets, of Richard Moore ct al. for ar
1 electric light on the corner of Webster and
| Canal streets, of John W. Lake ct. al. fol
top dressing Greene street from East to Olive
1 streets, of johnson T. Platt ct al. for the
broadening of Bradley street between Orange
street and Whitney avenue, for cobble gut
| ter on both sides of Houston street from
| Chambers to Ferry streets, of James M
4 Moran for an electric light in the vicinity Of
| the Derby railroad bridge, of j. H. Milnel
1 ct al. for a gas lamp on Cottage street be-
1 tween Orange and Livingston streets.